<div dir="ltr"> Hi Charles, Thank you for the comments and the links. Hosting a OSTree repository in an HTTP server is not complicated, but there are different ways to do it, like having different repositories per app/arch/channel (production/beta/...) or using different branches. I have written about this in the proposal (pages 7 and 8) but I still need to experiment and test to determine the best approach. Some help will be very appreciated! In my opinion some of the "Personas" considered in this proposal (see page 6) won't see any added value hosting their own OSTree repos (the same way they probably don't have their self hosted git repos) and will just publish their apps in the store. A nice thing about Linux comparing to other platforms is that you won't be forced to use any particular store. The same way we do in real life, we probably will have the choice to "buy" in bigs malls (General Stores) or in specialized stores/shops for certain kind of applications (games, ...) Best regards, Jorge </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Charles Johnson <<a href="mailto:charlesjohnsont@outlook.com" target="_blank">charlesjohnsont@outlook.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> I'll just give my opinion as a user, I am not a developer and I've only experienced with Flatpak, packaging sall applications. I think more than a store -how of Canonical-, the Linux ecosystem needs a place to discover apps with this new format. One must consider that each distribution will take different paths with Flatpak, using it internally or by adding third-party repositories directly (see :<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_party_software_proposal" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_party_software_proposal</a>). Therefore, the software centers of each distribution ill be central in the user experience to the installation of these types of applications, such as GNOME Software or Yumex-dnf (see: <a href="https://github.com/timlau/yumex-dnf/issues/124" target="_blank"> https://github.com/timlau/yumex-dnf/issues/124</a>) Therefore, I think a site that is responsible for gathering information from the applications that are distributed as Flatpaks and add a direct download link (bundle), link to the author's website or a link to open it from GNOME Software is a good perspective. <div>CJT </div> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%"> <div dir="ltr">De: xdg-app <<a href="mailto:xdg-app-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">xdg-app-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> en nombre de Jorge García <<a href="mailto:jgarciao@gmail.com" target="_blank">jgarciao@gmail.com</a>> Enviado: jueves, 28 de julio de 2016 10:15:26 p. m. Para: <a href="mailto:xdg-app@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">xdg-app@lists.freedesktop.org</a> Asunto: A Linux App Store Proposal <div> </div> </div><div><div class="h5"> <div> <div dir="ltr"> Hi, My name is Jorge García and I'm a software engineer from Barcelona [1] Some weeks ago I asked Alex privately if he knew about any public or private project about creating a “Linux App Store” using flatpak packages. We exchanged some e-mails and he asked me to take the discussion to the mailing list. I initially wanted to write a short draft document with some of the ideas but finally I ended up creating a quite formal document with a proposal for a Linux App Store, with some mockups and possible implementation details. You will find the document in the link below [2]. I will be very happy to know your thoughts about this proposal. Best regards, Jorge [1] <a href="https://es.linkedin.com/in/jgarciao" target="_blank">https://es.linkedin.com/in/jgarciao</a> [2] <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-021DnJVTcZSXNyQWFZS0JDYmc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-021DnJVTcZSXNyQWFZS0JDYmc/view?usp=sharing</a> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </blockquote></div> </div>